ESET Smart Security is a tightly integrated solution designed to protect computers from a range of threats. Built on the award-winning ESET NOD32® Antivirus and its powerful ThreatSense® engine, ESET Smart Security provides antispyware, antispam and customized firewall features. Utilizing ThreatSense - the industry's most advanced heuristics - the window of vulnerability between virus outbreak and signature update is reduced.

What's new ESET Smart Security 4 / ??? ?????? ? ESET Smart Security 4: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 and ESET Smart Security 4's new, industry-first security features include: * Advanced Archive Scanning - This new feature makes ESET's consumer products the first to allow experienced users to fully customize scanning to do a "deep dive" of archive files created with popular compression formats, including .RAR, .ZIP and others. Comprehensive controls allow users to define archive scanning with scanning depth, maximum scan time, and maximum file size. * Removable Media Access Control - Gives consumers removable media security for USB flash drives and CDs - protection previously extended only to businesses. The feature gives administrators the ability to allow or block mounting of removable media. If removable media is allowed, dangerous files like AUTORUN.INF are scanned for threats. * ESET SysInspector - Newly integrated into ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 and ESET Smart Security 4, this powerful system diagnostics tool quickly discovers hidden/potentially dangerous rootkits without running a full antivirus scan. It can also reveal hidden changes to the operating system, web browser, registry and applications. The scan results are standardized and can be reviewed by IT personnel, speeding up malware analysis and removal. * ESET SysRescue - Enables users to diagnose and recover compromised systems more easily. Customers build their own system rescue CDs, which can be use d to clean up and repair systems compromised by malware without reimaging the system.

With ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 and ESET Smart Security 4, the company also adds the following additional features to further improve threat prevention, detection and management:

* Business-class interoperability and management - ESET includes powerful features to integrate into multi-layer security environments. Enhanced reporting, support for Cisco NAC, removable media control, and improved policy authoring simplify deployment and ongoing management, with improved interoperability. * Power conservation - Already the most efficient and lightweight anti-malware products on the market, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 and ESET Smart Security 4 go one step further by automatically adjusting performance on laptops to maximize battery life without compromising security. * Improved self-defense technology - ESET software features improved defenses against disabling of the antivirus system by malware or unauthorized users - among other things by restricting changes to ESET's processes and registry entries to authenticated users. * User-friendly interface - Numerous enhancements to the GUI make the product even easier to use. Among many enhancements, there is auto-disabling notifications when full-screen applications like presentations, games or video are running, and a new non-graphical user interface that allows disabled and visually-impaired users to easily interact with the software using screen readers and other assistive technologies.